Things I learned about Love and marriage
1)Before marriage-make the marriage important not the wedding
When you do this you are not thinking all about yourself, you are being less selfish and you want to make the other person happy.
2)marriage is a give-give relationship, not a give take relationship
If you have one person giving and one person taking, the taking person may be happy but they will get more selfish and it could potentially end up with the marriage ending or maybe/hopefully some counseling to help the couple find what they could do. Also, in this give-take relationship the person giving might want something back and the other person may not know what to do or may not want to.
3)When you are married you become ONE
When you are married you and your spouse will talk about everything, you will make decisions together and do things together that you wouldn't normally do with someone else. You may be stepping out side your comfort zone for a while but it is always for the better when you try and become one. When you are cohabiting this doesn't really work, you don't really become one because you haven't made that commitment and you don't feel obligated to shared everything because you still think "well, we're not married so why do I have to tell you everything?"
4)communication is key!
In a relationship, marriage or not marriage, communication is key! When you comunicate with your spouse you are telling them that you trust them and that you want to tell them things and in return want them to tell you things.
5) Know, Trust, Rely, Commit, Touch
Soooo, In any relationship you are in getting to know the person is the first thing you should do. In coming to know them, because you are communicating with them you are coming to trust them and in turn they are coming to trust you more, as that communication and trust build you will later be able to rely on them...kind of like a really really good friend. Once you have build that trust, then comes the commitment (I feel like this should be the period when you start dating because everything else builds out of friendship), one thing to be careful about is not letting the touch factor enter the relationship to early because then it can cause problems and might be in the relationship just because of the touch factor and that is never good.
6)Love
Love is an active process, this requires both the man and the woman and a whole lot of giving and caring for one another. One of the apostles once said, "Love is having an anxious concern for the well-being of another person."
7)Intimacy
As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we learn that sex between a man and a woman is a sacred thing and should not happen until you are married and you are a husband and a wife. Intimacy in marriage is something that is a beautiful thing and it is something that God is pleased with, it can bond the husband and wife together in many ways and it can bring children in the world, one of the greatest blessings.
I once heard that there in not "the one" person out there for you, there is a good, better and best (the way I look at it) out there for you, and when you find what you think may be the best for you the only things to do is love that person. "choose your love, love your choice." Love is something that takes work on both sides and requires you loving your choice wholeheartedly! In the end, it is up to us to find that imperfect person and love them so much and treat them like the son or daughter they are.

As human beings, males and females are made differently and are different in many ways.  
Males                                                              Females
Aggressive/protective                                       Nurturing
Competitive                                                     Cooperative
Spacial                                                            Detailed/landmarks
Task                                                                Relationship
Action based                                                   Verbally expressive
Analytical                                                         Emotional minded
Reserved                                                         Open
logical                                                              Sensitive
  Men and women, if you look closely at the differences, compliment each other, we were made to be together. In "The Family; A Proclamation to the World" it says, "Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose." The way we were made was on purpose. Some boys may play with dolls and some girls may be 'tom girls' but even though we may do gender atypical things it doesn't mean we don't grow out of those things or that we have to become gay or lesbian. In fact, i have a little brother that liked to play with dolls with my sister and I, and he turned out just fine, in fact, if anything, he has learned more about girls and their emotions and how to treat them nicely. The Proclamation also states that, "By design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help on another as equal partners." Gender differences are divine and they way we are made is part of Gods plan for us as his children.